Box Office Receipts Soar Since First World Series
Box office receipts for the world series have climbed since the 1884 clash in New York between Providence and the Metropolitan club. Early games drew modest crowds and prices, but later years show rising attendance and ticket prices with New York and Boston teams dominating. Prize money for players also increased, with 1912 yielding a spectacular payout. The article traces attendance, revenue, and purses across early series through 1912.
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New York
Providence
Metropolitan
Chicago
St. Lows
Chicaso
St. Louis
Pittsburs
Cincinns de Rent
Aegheibie
Baltimore
Cnlossal
Detroit
Philadelphia
New York Nationals
Boston
M Neill Benefit Races Tuesday
Motorcycle races for the benefit of Joel McNeil’s family, postponed indefinitely, will be run Tuesday night featuring riders and officials donating services. Local fans will support a worthy cause while enjoying the races. program details to be announced today.
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Joel McNeil
English Women Golfers Ready for United States Open
Englishwomen Muriel Doad Mabel Harrison and Gladys Ravens travel to Wilmington Delaware for the United States Women’s Championship at Wilmington. The trio, strong in British titles, will challenge American champion Miss Margaret Campbell and defend England’s golfing prestige in a rare transatlantic preview of top women players.
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New York
Getever
England
Wilkend
United States Golf Association
Wilmington
Del
Muriel Doad
Mabel Harrison
Gladys Ravensprof
Wiss Dodd
Wass Ravencroft
Harrisons
Dorothy Campbell
Margaret Campbell
Francis Quimet
Football Schedule Highlight at Florida and Georgetown
Today two college football matchups headline the card Florida meets Southern at Games Wie Fla while Southwestern faces Poly at Georgetown. Both games draw regional interest with local squads aiming for early season momentum and potential conference implications.
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Florida
Southern College
Wie
Fla
Southwestern
Poly
Georgetown
Sulfosol The King of Blood and Complexion Remedies
An advertisement touts Sulfosol sulfur in solution as a remedy for skin diseases and blood impurities. It claims Winter and Spring worsen blemishes and offers a free book by Sulfosol Co. at 215 Washington St, New York, for readers seeking treatment details.
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Sulfosol Co
Washington St
New York
Mt. Vernonm
Yesterday's Baseball Scores and State Rights Debate
Yesterday's results show Lome 4 Cincinnati 1 and Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 9 Detroit 9 Chicago 8 St Louis 9 Cleveland 4. The Atlantic prose argues against state lines hindering justice, urging national practice to curb state sovereignty. The piece complains of interstate legal entanglements protecting criminals and calls for centralized governance.
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Ational
Lome
Cincinnatic
Igago
Pittsburgh American
Detroit
Chicago
Louia
Cleveland
St. Louis
New Yorke
Lattle
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
England
Atlantic
Pacific
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Prison reform volunteers comment on English and American systems
The article discusses voluntary convicts and prison reform figures including Thomas Bott Osborne and Mr Oxhorne, detailing hopes to begin self-imposed sentences to study reform. It references Charles Reader's novel Never Pleasing to Mend and notes how prison libraries affect inmates and officials, urging humane change based on lived experience.
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Sue
Indiana
Charles Reader
Cpa
Leslie
Costs of Schoolhouses in Boston From The Engineering Record
The Boston schoolhouse department annual report lists forty seven school buildings with total costs from 23000 to 32900. Pupils per school range 260 to 1822. Cost per cubic foot averages 22 to 23 cents. per pupil 117 to 208 dollars. Building, heating, plumbing, and equipment shares vary, with most structures 7 to 85 percent of total costs.
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Boston
High Sthoel and Normal School
Wenson
Swedish student leads assault on MU McKinley next summer
Andrew Kange a Swedish graduate student at Corneil will lead another assault on MU McKinley next summer under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. The Italian supreme court refused Signaling Vereea Labriola permission to practice law, citing male consent required for public life. South Africa has 47 newspapers with 7.6 million invested, employing 4,000 Europeans and 660 colored people.
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Andrew Kange
Corneil
MU McKinley
Smithsonian Institution
Supreme Court
Vereea Labriola
South Africa
Georgia
Candler
King of Insurance
Cies
Ree
Hee i
W. Joinee
Southern
Mge
Temple Court Suliding
Atlanta
Tures
Aclunts
A. Prat
South
Eee Me
Melilos
Shiew Taaneger
E. P. Battenfield
Fimpire
City Salrsman
Homa Seumne Machine Co
10 Trust Co
W.T. Bmartin
Iumpire
Florida
Chicago
Agdies
Seymour
Dellv
Atlanta, Ga
Farm and Fertilizer Letters from Georgia Gardener
A Brevard North Carolina letter writer asks about corn fertility, peas, and cowpeas, seeking advice on fertilizer types and rates, inoculation, and garden planning. Responses urge acid phosphate and muriate of potash applications before planting, guidance on cowpea choices, and cautions about lime and soil condition.
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Yonge
Brevard
XN. C
Harrow
Redding
Jean al. Wilson
Atlanta
Cotton seed meal and hulls for mules questions
A reader seeks guidance on balanced rations for mules using cotton seed meal and hulls. Weighs proportions, notes hulls are bulky, suggests replacing half hulls with cowpea hay, and advises limits based on mule capacity. Also covers onion seed versus sets and liquid manure application questions with practical costs and methods.
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L. Botley
Machen
When Banks Wave and Guns Assault the Air
The speaker laments city worship and costly modern life while noting women’s preference for simple living. He contrasts glitter with sacrifice and contemplates the perils of urban splendor amid rhetoric of power and wealth. A stray line comments that most women would not want their own way, even if offered a ten thousand dollar bungalow.
Index to Want Advertisements Page
An index listing advertisement categories with page numbers including auctions automobiles business opportunities clothing dressmaking and sewing For Rent listings housing rooms offices and garages and various wants and notices across categories such as help wanted real estate and personal items
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Swien
Ee Bof Board
Reoma
Peer
Matet Tees
Houxehol Goodx Senden
Medlea
Pool
Williardx
MisceNantous
Bellamy Business Agency
Austell
Professional Cards and Local Advertisements
A collage of old Atlanta business cards and classified items lists lawyers, dentists, a maternity home offering infant adoption, portrait services, a gluten bread ad, a foxers of items, and various small services. Notable names include M. Ty Mitchell, Brewster Howell Heyman, and W. Peachtree addresses. The page also features ads for dental work, wigs, and a hosiery and corset shop.
Lost and Found Notices From Atlanta Area Items
Lost items include a hotel purse with papers claimed at Ansley Hotel in Atlanta and a watch fob by J W Miller. Also listed are a white poodle with a reward and two dogs a fox terrier with tag No 273 and a pinger pleas gate West 312.
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Nsen aNaEey
Central Avenue
Piedmont Avenue
Gat West
Help Wanted and Employment Ads in Store and Office
Classified help wanted notices from a historical newspaper page show extensive postings for male and female positions across stores, offices, sales, and skilled trades. Entries include stenographers, barbers, ushers, printers, agents, drivers, and clerks with varying education and experience requirements.
Railroad Schedules Arrivals and Departures at Atlanta
Daily schedules list arrivals and departures for Atlanta stations on multiple lines including Atlanta and West Point, Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, Georgia Railroad, and Seaboard Air Line. It notes special Sunday and weekday variations with specific times for Augusta, New York, Nashville, Birmingham, and Chicago connections plus remarks on sleeping cars and city ticket office.
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Atlanta
Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co
Montcom
Columbus
St Columbus
West
Excape
UNION
Birmingham
Atlantic
Benneswick
Wascroce
Thomanville
Corurle
Brunayich
Waycross
Theumasvie
Pallraan
Aixat
Uween
Seaboard Air Line
York
Birbam
Nortotle
Memphis
Washton
New York
Monroe
Ij Abbee SC
Wash'ton
Norfolk
Birham
Birtham
New Fork
S.C
Birbham
Montag
City
Peachtree St
TAXICAB SECURE: EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER SEEKS POSITION
Young married man with 12 years in accounting seeks bookkeeper role. skilled in higher accounting and correspondence. ready with references and bond. Also an experienced general office worker and salesman open to reliable firm. Addresses given for interviews and applications.
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Care
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Senta
USA
Fie
St. Loui
United States
Nati National Clube
Anes
M'Neil
Kodaks
Wgt-Ee
A. K. Hawkes
Whitehill St
Joneses
Griffin
Atlanta Waterworks
T. G
G.T. Burpee
Newnan
Atlanta Constitution
RF. Redding
Morris
Winchester
USEL
Tim
Sulmersbert
Repis
Aquericam Lumberman
Grcen
Abraham
Earth
P.H Brewster
Albert Howell, Jr
Hugh M Dorsey
Arthur Heyman
Dorsey
Brewster, Howell
M. TY. Mitchell
Windsor ST
Atlant
Mibigs
Aoae
Ssinesican
Automatia Company
Adanta
J. A Tiene
Lds W. Peachtree
K. Whitanan
Bitchell
AL tHayton Company
Whitehall Street
W. C. Pease
Nath Bae
Wiutewal
Nice
United Bae Dlants
Michell
Windzor At
Prye Mikunbey Co
Nave 2 de
W. B Mitchel
Atlanta Portrait CO
Wells Street
George Brown
Austen Building
S. H. Clayton Company
Whitehall St
Corsetieres Cay
Firgu-Claes House
Allie Gallabor
Ivy
South Pryor Street
Thorovmly Familar
Phons
Golely
Blake
Dilla
Nail
Poulton
Gavg
Iddreax Corporation
EU Box
Okkeever-Stenographer
Telephone
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Soler Barber College
Luckie Alweet
Aclanta
Uw. OC B "Braying ‘Ull
Giher
Sur
Alanis Berber College
Liant Mitchell Street
al Barber Cal Sfiene Ghavg
Avanta
Piedmont Printing Company
Hamilton
Reading
Boz
Care Constitution
U.S. Army
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Lacon
Leonor Bidg
Augusta
Atlents
Paricular
Franlk
Lin Institute
Rochester
N. Ze
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Benendsy
Magnolia
Hweer
Mitutti
Corfer
L. W.golden, Company 3
Sinc
Worl
Miller's Minute Dlesaen
Ers
Feile T
Franklin Institute
Dept
G. Rochest
Mauteuriat
Parker Chop
Kika Barter
Lin St
Tampa
Rel Iusinces College
Luckto Street
Allenta
Atlanta Dental College
Cor
Edgewood and
W. BP. Cols
Gandier Building
Brewood
Eales
Tores
Core
Charles P. Glover Realty Company
Franklin Lantitute
Rachséter
N. T
Logleville
Nastville
Ghee
Chicrge Ong
Cincinnati Louisville
Cincinnati
Louisville
Enexvite Vie Blue
Iknocville
Cartersville
Ictroxville
Cartersylle
Murphy
Central of Georgia Railway
Sne
Thormawwilia
Savannah
Jacksonvilia
Alvany
Huvoonah
Atacom
Jacksonville
Tacksonville
Atacon
Bovannabat
Southern Railway
Informaton
Clneinnaci
Jacki Ite
Tash
Ton
FL. Valley
Shrevepart
Chattares
Toccoa
EU Herta
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Brunaws
Bir'ham
Amy
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Macon
ODT
Brugswieie
Ft. Valley
Richmann
Bia
Tuck'ville
Valley
Shrevan't
Fack'yilte
Alb Tealna
Peachtres St. Travis
Atanta
Belle Isle
Ateno
Georgla Meenae
Sani
Tarlan
Mertent
Ganao
Ratiabie
Gate City
Pre- Ferrea
W. Cainst
Iweding Technical School
Guttia
Grant St. Atlante
Tates
Agit
Kesnard
Walker
Harare
Jerey
Mate Relkone
ALY Agata
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